Missouri Slope Areawide United Way

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
450387741
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Bismarck, ND, USA
Phone
7012553601
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Federated Giving Programs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,453,034
Expenses
$1,944,193
Assets
$8,015,617
Liabilities
$523,003

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

27 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JIM HAUSSLER (PRESIDENT)
  • BRYAN KLIPFEL (PAST PRESIDENT)
  • JENA GULLO (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • JENA GULLO (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $143,200 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

We unite people and resources to build a better community.

What it reported doing in 2024

Community investments to united way partner agencies education, mentoring, a stable home life, and jobs - msa united way fights poverty through partnerships and investments to ensure that every child enters school ready to succeed, are reading at grade level, and graduate from high school on time. Msa united way stabilizes homes of at-risk students by providing supportive services such as case management, housing, and mentors to increase school attendance and improve behaviors. Msa united way invests in programs that improve academic outcomes and assist those living in poverty with finding and retaining employment. Msa united way delivered 40,357 books to 3,680 local preschoolers. Msa united way, together with partners, provided approximately 3.5 million meals to those in need and approximately 25,000 nights of shelter to the homeless. Accomplishments of note among a multitude of services provided, approximately 2,000 children spent quality time with a mentor, approximately 500 children with trauma increased coping skills, and at-risk youth received approximately 2,000 hours of direct supportive counseling. Thousands of volunteers were mobilized to hold food, diapers, wipes, personal hygiene and warm winter gear collection drives, with 850+ volunteers assisting local community organizations through day of caring. Msa united way also delivered more than 1,200 christmas presents to 450 local families. These payments include contributions from donors for specific agencies. Msa united way responsibly fulfills donor intent.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 96% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 72% for direct work, and 28% for grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 69
  • Transparency & Controls: 87
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 72
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 60.5%; rating input score 60
  • Program expense ratio: 75.5%; rating input score 75
  • Fundraising efficiency: $334.15 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 88.2%; rating input score 88; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 98.8%; rating input score 99; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 20.7%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.12; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.4%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1.3% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.7% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.3% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 60.5% of revenue deployed · 75.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 26 of 26 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $1.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $143K · 27 people listed
  • Consistency: 31 of 33 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 14 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 14 filed related-organization links
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 40/100.